2 April 6, 2005Rampage

By Davld WitteSports Editor

SAN DIEGO - Fresno Ciry

College's men's basketball team ismade up of players that other col-leges passed up.

Forward Reggie Butler andguard M'Jumbe Williams were dis-missed by the Fresno State basket-ball team after the 2003-04 season.Anthony Esparza red-shirted at UCDavis. Cedrick Kalombo red-shirted at Lce University, an NAIAschool. Bubba Tolliver andGeoffrey Clayton played the 2002-03 season at College of theSiskiyous.

Nobody really gave these guysa chance, except forVance Walberg.

And now they're the 2004-05Califomia community college statechampions with a 34-0 record.

"It was not easy," assistant coachLoren LeBeau said. "Everybodyfrom the outside looking in, theythink it's easy to get a bunch ofguystogetherwho believe in whatwe'redoing."

The Rams started the seasonranked No. l7 in northern Califor-nia, and proceeded to beat everyteam that crossed their path. Theiraverage margin of victory in theregular season was27 points.

"When it came togetheç it cre-ated something that was just fun tobe around each day," TollivÞr said."People with different back-grounds, growing up with differentlifesfyles, we brought that in one,and it created something amazing.

"34-0, you can't beat that."The Rams ended the regular sea-

son ranked No. I in the state with a29-0 record. After a ll2-7 6 revengevictory over American River Col-lege in the first round ofthe play-offs, the Rams defeated CabrilloCollege 76-57 , eaming a trip to thefinal eight tournament at the JennyCraig Pavilion in San Diego.

The tournament began10.

QuarterfinalsFCC 114, Ventura 103

Fresno City started the touma-ment slowly in the quarterFrnals,falling behind early to the Pirates.

Ventura led 16-12 after 4 min-utes, and reached its biggest lead ona fast-break lay-up by JonathanDavis for a41-38lead with 5 min-utes remaining in the half.

"We stuck to our game plan,which was to break the pressure andattack the basket," Davis said."That was the game plan cominginto this game just for the simplefact that they pressure so much inthe front court, that if we broke theirpressure, we'd have a lot of num-bers."

Davis said that breaking thepress gave Ventura better match-upson offense, creating three-on-twoand two-on-one situations. Venhrrahad 14 fast-break points to FCC'seight.

Fresno City bounced back to-ward the end of the half with three-pointers by M'Jumbe Vy'illiams,Jordan Farley, andAdrian Sanchez.The Rams led at halftime 60-57.

"We started off the second halfbasically pounding them," saidFCC assistant coach Loren LeBeau."But then we let them back in itbecause of our inability either tomake a lay-up or make good deci-sions. Or get a stop."

The Pirates went to theirbig menall night, passing the ball inside toGary Nunez and UTEP-boundMoses Gonzalez. Nunez finishedwith 30 points, andGonzalez2l.

Ventura scored 86 of its 103points inside the paint.

"They hit two threes all night,and everything else was a lay-up,"LeBeau said. "So we just didn't doa great job of closing down the keylike we wanted to."

March Both ofVentura's.three-pointerscame via guard David VanSomeren.

FCC started the second half witha I 6-4 run, but Venhra fought back.

"I thought that they would hitthat wall in the second half," saidFCC head coach Vance Walberg."But they didn't. It was not one ofour better performances. I'd giveit a three or a four.

"To win a big game like thatplaying a three or four, I'll take it,becatse we did not play pretty."

The Rams took a l0-point leadin the second half and maintainedit until the last three minutes, whenVentura closed in.

"We thought we had them deadin the water at certain points,"LeBeau said. "But then we iust

didn't make good enough decisionsto get the lead to 20. Ifyou play a

sagging defense, then the wear-outfactor doesn't come in."

The Pirates closedFCC's leadto103-98 with 2i43 remaining, butcommitted five personal foulswithin the lasttwo minutes. Farleytipped away a shot with 42 secondsremaining, and Geoffrey Claytongrabbed the loose ball to seal FCC'svictory.

Ventura pushed the limit the en-tire game, causing concern on thePirates' bench that guard CharlesDillon might pass out.

"(Fatigue) is a factor," Davissaid. "But for a lot of us, man, thisis our last time playing ball, so get-ting tired was not even an option.Even if you were, you've just got

Walberg, LeBeau

to stay at FCC

Both Vance Walberg andexpressed their intent

with Fresno City Collegewas rumored to be i

in San Jose State."We want to do it again,

rg said. "You're goinga lot of thinss."

Another n¡mor put LeBeauleading candidate for Fresnoific head coach.

"I'm not really interested,'said. "We have too

thing going here."

SottrhcmCalifomiaptayeroftlæyear Ketin Hendercon(3) of hnBenødinoVøiley Coilege mtmeuversano*dFCC1ArúI;iåijgi"*lefi' Adrian Sanclæz middle, ond fuuhorry Esp¡zn" Hendcrcon commited I 3 tumovers and, scoredfive points in îIø chøtpionship gane.

to suck it up and play."In this kind ofatrnosphere, you

just have to get it done."Geoffrey Clayton and Anthony

Esparza led FCC with 24 pointseach.

saddlebadc$,\MestValry 76 (C[)West Valley's Drew Sanchez hit

a three-pointer at the buzzer to tiethe game, but Sanchez fouled outin overtime play. Saddlebackoutscored rWest Valley 10-6 in theovertime period.

San Joaquin D elta 7 4, Desert 62College of the Desert led,early

17 -7 , but the San Joaquin DeltaMustangs went on a 23-5 run for a30-22 lead. San JoaquinrDelta hadfour players in double digits.

San Bernardino 78, Siskiyous 65Five College of the Siskiyous

players scored in double figures, butSan Bernardino's trio of starsscored more. The Wolverines'Aaron Nixon scored 27 points,Dewayne Pettus scored 18, andKevin Henderson scored 17.

SemifinalsFCC 95, Saddleback 82

Fresno City fell behind earlyagain, trailing l0-4 after 3 minutesof play. The Gauchos let them backin, and FCC tied the game at half-time,45-45.

"We are just a team that hasfound a way to win under adversecircumstances," said FCC assi stantcoach Loren LeBeau. "That's as

easy as I can say it, and I know itsounds simple, but this team findsa way to win."

Bubba Tolliver led FCC with 29points, followed by AnthonyEsparza with 28.

Fresno shot 78 percent from thef,reld to Saddleback's 47 percent.The Gauchos made slightly morethan half of their free throws.

"We just broke down on a fewpossessions," said Saddlebackcoach Bill Brummel. "Fresno tookadvantage ofevery one ofours thatbroke down, and that's why they'reso good."

FCC came out shooting in thesecond half. The Rams made 5 of7 from beyond the arc in the sec-

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FCC earnsa state titlefor the fìrsttime since

1963.

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their webpage at http://sainthenrysguild.org.Members attend all major guild fairs in-

cluding FCC's, the Fair Oaks Tudor Fayre,Renaissance of Kings and the Kearney ParkFaire.

The "studium generale" is a group ofstu-dents and masters without a home followingthe nobles.

They hope to find sponsors so they can

build a college where they teach what has

been taught for the past 600 years. For them,Greek is the only language and they havenothing but contempt for "something calledupdating." In their eyes, there is no sense intranslating the classics into modern lan-guages like French or Latin.

Another guild, the St John's put on is aworkshop in BFA, [Basic Faire Accent] fornew members.

Sir Thomas Tresham is one of those whofounded St John's Guild about seven yearsago- He is -Eagle of Bailiwick" a title givento the knighs of St Jobn.

"You were in charge of ever¡hing theeagle could see," Sir Tresham said. Accord-ing to him, tbere are quite some words inBFA different to modern Englisb. "Na]'"mea¡s -no'. *gramas€e" meaDs th2nk youa¡d tbe "privies" were the bathrooms.' See Fe¡tlval, Page 5

'CCb Sþdog and Steve Grusis travelmore thtnn2},}}}milesBy Mona Lisa McCormlck

Rampage reporter

Two men.A Fresno City College counselor and

a State Center Community College Dis-trict program analyst, have turned a lei-surely activity of riding a bike into some-thing adventurous.

ln 2004, FCC counselor Fred EmerlingPh. D. (aka Sþdog) and SCCCD programanalyst Steve Grusis rode their bikes a to-tal of 21,854 miles, almost enough totravel the circumference of the earth's equator.

Emerling started riding a bike as a kid and in high schoolhe became a distance mnner. When injuries ended his run-ning, he decided to start riding again, but this time with moreintensity.

Emerling is a member of the Fresno Cycling Club. Herides a 27 speed Trek 5200 road bike and rides more than200 miles per week.

"Fresno is a wonderñrl town to ride," Emerling said.

Bike riding is only one of Emerling's hobbies. He alsolikes to snowboard, travel and go camping with his family.

With bike riding it is more fitness to Emerling."I have not missed a workout since Sept. 16, 1969," said

Emerling."I workout every single day, rain or shine."

See Rlde, Page 4

FCC hosts annuel two-day Renissance

Festival, students travel back in timeBy Ghristine Haeussling

Rampage reporter

"Good morro% are you well?""Gramasee, aye!"Members of a guild have their own lan-

. as visitors of the

Renaissance Festival on FCC Campushave noticed on March 12 and 13.

The festivalis like a villase with each

being a component, according to SirWyatt. In real life, his name is Markand he is a member of the Guild St

A guild, in the l6th century was an asso-

ion of skilled craftsmen not unlike a trade

ion today.

In the St Henry's Guild, all membersaìl duty. The only thing that makes Sira rnasterrnember is that he hæ alreadv

*ith the zuild for l6 vea¡s.*Truth be kno*¡: I am a ham at hea4

d even act if I had to pay for it," Sir Wyattid about his passion for the Renaissance.'l am a poet, spending much of the day

iú tbe l¡.ties- rh¡t is r*'here I trulv belone-"The Sr Heon"s Guild is from Fresno.

ith currently about l5 acdve members.For more information, students can visit Marbn " Aryary" Sped plays a crazrl pezsant during FCC's Renissance Festival March 12.

FCC counselor Frcd Emerling enjoys riding arcmdthe Vailzy.Grusß, cetúer compaitively r,aces while away fromwork

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She's got tlre moues. FCC student has danced andperformed with prominantcompanies across the country.

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Uoices on Gam[us. FCC's speaker committee

has brought big names to thecampus and are currenfly plan-ning for more.

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SRflng feuer. Myth or reality?

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Index

FCC's Kara Romsasmiles after stealingsecond base in the

third inning of a 7- I/oss ys. Taft March I.

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Who needs highermamp

tJHAT cuA{5-l\ . FCC reporter explains why)college math isn't hetpfut with

her major and life in general.

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$omething's Afoot. FCC's newest theatre produc_tion is getting rave reviews.

,rusrr¿rion by David wìtte - Seg BeUieWS, Page 14Photo by Daisy Rosas

Rampage reporterTwo Mobilify Express carts pro-

vided by the Disabled SrudenrsPrograms and Services Office itpermits students who do not moveindependently to take classes thatare geographically quite far apart.

A few ofthe 50 students that usethis faciliry would not be able togo to school without it, GeorgeTheocharis, a student aide driversaid.

For all the student users theirchoice of classes between 7:30 a.m.and 3 p.m. is greatly expanded.

Instead of running a plannedroute, one of two part-time staffdrivers or a student aid driver whomake pickups by appointment be-tween 7:45 a.m. and 4 p.m. eachweekday that classes are in session,staff service specialist René Petchsaid.

Students must f,rrst be autho-rized by their DSP&S counselor,

after which they submit a scheduleof pickup times and locations.

The first cart was purchased us-ing tottery money. They're batterydriven and are usually nearly ex-hausted by the end of the day. Theymust be recharged overnight, ac-cording to Theocharis.

Mobility rBy Will Tranquiili

by Scrcio CortcsFCC not,lws special cans b tratsport lwrlicap mtdet¡:s arcwtd ceÌtlprts.

"There's nothing about this jobthat I don't like, but ofcourse, I'dIike to have more hours,',Theocharis said.

He works nine hours per weekwhen the part-time staff driversaren't available. It would appearthat students who need to use thecarts are not able to take classes thatmeet after three or evening classes.Severe budget constraints preventfurther expansion ofthe service andthere are no current plans to try toexpand it, Petch said.

The mobility brochure makes itclear that students must managetheir own books, bags and pack-ages without the drivers' assis-tance, and that smoking, eating anddrinking is forbidden.

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F C C student þllow s her dreanBy Sergio Cortes

Rampage reporter

Fresno City College studentJacquelyn Crystal Clark is a re-nowned dancer and widely recog-

nized by Fresno's dance community.She has participated in many

competition-s and her talent has wonher scholarships from the BroadwayDance Center in New York and the

Edge from Los Angeles. All of her

achievements make her a perfect

example of a student who has gone a

long way to reach their dream.

Clark got her inspiration to dance

at age three when her mother tookher to see a ballet performance bythe Dance Theatre of Harlem and

ever since then she has been fasci-nated by dancing.

When she was growing up,

Clark had the opportunity of re-

ceive dancing lessons at theDance Studio of Fresno underthe direction of Sue

Sampson Dalena.

Clark's involvementin her dance studio gave

her the opporhmify topartlcrpate ln manydancing competi-üons.

\\-hen Clarkç-as l0 vears oldsre Len trÈsno a:lo

mor-ed to \erv \brlito pursue her dancingdream.

"Ne*'York *'as a hused:ù-::erce. I could:': d:içea::ci I had ro relv on pubiic

transportation," said Clark.In NewYork Cla¡k shared a three-

room apartment with her friend.Clark admits thathertime in New

York was a struggle because some-

times she was barely making ends

meet and she had to rely on foodstamps to survlve.

Clark auditioned many times inNew York with no success until she

was finally recognized by the dance

company Opus who invited her toperform with them.

Ironically after spending sixmonths in New York in search for a

dancing career she f,rnally receivedan offer from Busch Gardens. an en-

tertainment corporation in Florida.She moved to Florida to work

with the Busch Gardens as a

singer, actor and dancer. Herlife in Florida was verv dif-ferent from that ofNew York,for the first time she had herown apartment and was paid

to do what she didbest.

"Iwasmakinga lot [of money]

to do whatl loveand to danceall day," saidCla¡k.

In Florida.Cla¡k u'as theprlrcipal tead

and dancecaptain in the dance

production of Katonga:' Tales from the Hea¡t ofAÊnca 'she:e -.be performed

a \\-*i -\frica¡ sn'le dance .

After spending 6 months inFlorida, Clark returned to Fresno to

start her own dance company.

In Nov. 2004, Clark started the

Selah Dance Company of GraceCommunity Baptist Church, whichperforms praise and worship dances.

Clark's faith plays a large role inher life and it is that faith in God that

brought her back to Fresno."I felt that Godwanted me to lead

a dance ministry" said Clark.Clark is using all of her dancing

experienced she has learned fromNew York and Florida, and bringingit to FCC.

"I leamed to dehnitely be precise

and have specific goals," said Clark,"Be fearless and sometimes take

no for an answer."

Currently, Clark is a student ofStephanie Powell the dance in-structor and artistic director at FCCand she is also helping Powell cho-reograph a piece for the upcomingdance production "Dance for Life."

"Jacquelyn is not a student Ihave to worry about. She is a grow-ing artist and very humble yet en-

ergetic student," said Powell.Clark is one of many who are

trying to bring more a$,areness to

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"l hope thai [FCC Dance] keeps

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Ride: FCC student counselor andprogramanalysist iourney acro,s^s country on two nhrelsGontinued from page one

Emerling's family is supportive of his hobby."My family expects it. It's like brushing your teeth,"

said Emerling.Grusis like Emerling has a knack for riding a bike. But

Grusis definitely takes it to the next level.Grusis rides a 20 speed Colnago Dream plus road bike to

and from school. He tries to ride at least 1000 miles permonth.

"[Bike riding] started out as transportation," said Grusis.He had seen a notice for a race team and decided tojoin.

"I love the competition."The fastest that Grusis has clocked himself at was 33 mph.

But being fast is not everything. Strategy is a key point inwinning as a team. "It's like a chess game,,, said Grusis.

When Grusis rides, he not only works out his body butalso his mind. He uses a technique of visualization, one ofthe workouts given to him by hís coach, FCC student ChadFischer.

Fischer is a former professional bike racer.Like Emerling, Grusis is also a member of the Fresno

Cycling Club. He is a team member of the Southern SierraCyclists out of Visalia and they are named the Arts CycleryRacing Team after their sponsor.

Grusis enters races all over the valley as a team and some_times just individually. At the pine Flat race he placed ninth,at the Dinubd race the team placed second and in the CantuaCreek race in Coalinga he placed second.

Grusis will be at New Mexico Apr. 27 for the Silver Citybike race, which is a 320-mile race in five stages spanningover five days. His next race is a 200-mile, four_day race infive stages and starts on June 5 in Hood River. Oreeon. Frcd Emerling rides his bikc every chance lrc gets reaching nearly 200 miles per week and is a membe,

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Comittee )forFCCBy Mona Llsa McCormlck

Rampage reporterTheSpeakersr--------*-.mn

ForumCommitteehas the difficulttask of choosingand schedulingspeakenforFresno

CityCollege."The commit-

tee lools atoptionsof bringing speak- Robensers onto the ca¡npus andhow üre speak-ers enhancethe shrdørß the facultyandthe community," said

Humanities Division AssociateDean of lrstuction, Michael D. Rob.erb, who is also co+hairing the com-mittee.

The committee membership ismade up of repre-

sentativæfromdi-visions anddepart-

mentsontheFCCcampus.

FCC formedthis committee tofind speakers thatwonld"exposelhe

students to intel-lech¡al ideas to stimulate [the sûrdorß']thinking beyond the classroom andbeyond their expectations," said FCCPresident Ned Doffoney,

Ed D.Dring their meetings, the commit-

tee may suggest as many a.s 25 speak-ers from differer¡t backgrounds.

"[The committee] tries to findspeaken ftat will inspire students todoctor their own &eams because theshrdents see the speaker living theirdrcam.

We hope it is an inspination to stu-dents," said co+hairtæe Henick.

"The ha¡d part is breaking the listdown to one or two speakers."

Another challenge the committeefaces is budgetary. That goes hand inhand with whicb speake,ls the commit-tee wants to featue, the timeliness ofnational events witl¡ the backgroundand topics tlre speaken discr¡ss and ifthe committeecan affordto sponsorthespeaker.

President Doffoney asked the com-

mittee if it was possible to decide onÍur atea or speaker fint and then talkabout the money after.

"We don't want tbe committee tobe restictedþ üre dollaramoun!', said

Doffoney.

College Activities DirectorGurdeç Sihota contacß the speaken'agencies to negotiate schedules andsponsorship.

Past speaken include MaAngeloqSpike Lee, Bay Buchanan andKathleen Kennedy-Townsend

Oñce a speakohas been choserl ttrecommittee must recommend and attainapproval fiom üre collegepresident ofall speaken andtopics chosen.

After approval has been grantd thecommittee decides on the promotionand logistics ofthe event

Committee member Katlry Bonillaof the Pr¡blic k¡formation nepartnentsaid herpart is to promote the speakerthrough publicþ and news media.

"þblic I¡formation Deparftnent]deals witb getting the word out aboutthe speaker the college is presenting,,'

said Bonilla-

For many membos of the commit-tee, being a part of providing greurt

speaken forFCC sûrdenb, faculty andthe community is veryrewarding.

Henick said when he was a stu-dent he will never forget üre speakershe saw.

'"The best part is hearing studentssay, '"That was an unbelievable wen!',or þearing students] talk about aspeaker a month later. It becomes apart of [üre str-rdent's] life."

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Instructor theatrr departmentKent McFann's work history has long list of rt*ilar T.U productiot

By Sergio Cortes

Rampage reporter

Last AugustKent McFannbecame one ofthe newestmembers ofFresno CityCollege'stheatefamily. McFann

has had numer-

ous jobs in the

theate commu-nlty.

Currently McFann is the lightingset desþ and technical theate insûr¡c-

tor who going take part in four theati-cal productions this year.

$cFann is originally from LosAn-geles and it's ttrere where he leamed

most of his skills in theatical produc-

Uons.

It was at Califomia Institute of tÌrc

Æß (CalÆß) where he studied and

receivedhis undergraduate degree. AÊterhe graduated Êom GalArß in 1987,

he freelanced with many prominent

television and film production design-

ers æ a stagehandworker.

"I wa.s tre guy thæ ran the stuffback

stage and set everything up," said

McFann. McFarm admitted thathis ex-

perience working for television shows

was stessfi¡l br¡t also at the same time

exclung.

Aside ûorn McFur's wqk q devisim shows b€ has also worked on

Broadrvayprg{uctions as well. In 1995

be movedawayûom themovie corn-

mnity ofs.fun C¿Iifornia b a rrye

McFann

theatrical community in New York.

Once in New Yorì<, McFar¡r qutckly

took advantage of what the BigApplecorfd offer. He fi¡¡thered his education

at State Univenity of New York and

obtainedhis Ma.sten of fine a¡ts.

During his time in New York he

worked on a couple offoËBroadwaysshows. OfloFBroadway shows are

smaller professional theatical produc-

tions that are done outside of Broad-

way in the hopes ofbeing noticedby a

producerand intoduce into Broadway.

Although none of the off-off-Broadrvays shows he worked on were

intoduce into Broadway, be still con-

tinued to work in the theaEe business

until he decided to move back to Cali-

fomia.

Back in Califomia, McFann re-

sumed his job working for television

shows but this time as a television art

director and designed scenery for tele-

vision sets.

Being atelevision art directorhehad

the opportunity to wotk on Soul Train,

the Teen Choice Awa¡ds and the Bill-board MusicAwards.

McFæn's wenh:allY got nominat€d

for an Emmy for his work for the tele-

vision special Cher Live from MGM.After working for a couple of Years

in Los Angeles he finally moved to

Fresno to become a college instuctoratFCC.

Upon his fint anival McFarm was

arnazed at tbe con$tlt trains that were

rnoving abcú in üe city aside ûom futhe realþ enjoy Fresno.

"It's a really goodp,lace to work, all

the instr¡cton trre are reallyhelpful"saidMcFa¡n

McFann was also impressedbythe

all the theate prcfessionalism and semi-

professionalism that Fresno has. He

feels how close and passionate the the-

aûe goupherc atFCC is andÛathas

he@ him realþ enjop tbe new envi-

rmrmrthe iswo*ing in'My prpce is diffeæn, I ant eùr

cating" said McFann"I really enjoy working wit¡ the sür

dents andwaiching drem leam."

McFæn poinEd oì'r1 ùat sorne of

the students he has worked with are

staight out of higþ school whøe they

had littte or no responsibilities. He is

glad that he is helping create an envi-

ronmefit where shdens can take re-

sponsibilities into tlpi¡ own hands and

at ùe ssne tirne l€æn aboú lh€de.Stage Mæag€r Alissa Crnminp

is one ofùe sn¡dens v¡ho har¡e worked

with McFann on FCC theatical peduction of "Boy's Life" and'Sornething's Afoot".

"He is very eccentic. He does a

good job with a really hard set [Some-thing isAfootl especiallywith all these

spocial efecb," said Cì.unmings.

In fte long nrn McFa¡m wanß to

beþ built a lagp audience that not only

involves ùeaûe h,ü all .the a¡ts and

bqesto acoorrplish úatgel fuutghhis sn¡dents McFa¡n is one exanpleofawellsqeriericedanddiverse gotpo¡¡¿¡yiduals who are working to im-prove llre arts atFCC.

Left to right, stage manager Alissø Cummings, assistant lighting designer Elizabeth Evrett,

Kent McFann, check the tighting during a dress rehersal of "Something's Afoot'"

FestiVal : Community participates in footames, and entertainment on FCC West Lawn

Gontinued ftom page oneThe privy-counselor was the

most important counselor of En-gland since he was present at the

kings' and queens' most intimatemoments.

According to Sir Tresham, it'svery easy to get into BFA and hard

to speak modern English."After speaking BFA for 48

hours you go back to your cowork-ers, speaking weird."

There are about 130 Renais-sance Festivals all over the UnitedStates, copying the original one

held in Malibu in 1975.

Juggler Adam has went to his

first Renaissance Festival at the age

of 14, he was also a papermaker at

one time. Now he gives juggle les-

sons and entertains at festivals likethe one in Fresno.

"It's the only place to work and

be happy with your coworkers."Members of the St Magdalene's

Guild escort the queen "and keeP

the

Irish from causing trouble," ac-

cording to one of their members.For this, they get moneY from

the queens, which they use to PaYthe girls. "Because it's also a

brothel," the girl in front of the

guild's tent adds.Festival participant juggtes kniues and a'u.ariety of dangerous objects' Many people dress in their Renissance costumes for the annual event'

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Sporû Men's tennislYhen: Ma¡ch 17

\ilhere: Indian rù/ells, Calif.Notes: The Rams meet witha Division I college at the

Indian Wells tournament,which attracts the top tennisplayers in the world.

"Ou,r mentality was to ju"st get awin and get back on track Our guys were very aggressive.

-FCC head coach Ron Scott

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Rams losefirst two conference games to

Modesto and Porterville, go on to winnext threeBy Qulnn ßoblnson

Rampage reporter

The Fresno City College base-ball team has found itself in an

uirfamiliar situation.Starting Central Valley Con-

ference play at 0-2.That's exactly what the Rams

faced after match-ups againstPorterville and Modesto JuniorCollege.

"Porterville is a good team,"said Rams head coach Ron Scott."They have good momentum and

we lost a tough game there."The Modesto game just

didn't work out. We got behindearly. We had 12 walks and threehit batters and we only had fouror five hits ourselves so it was a

complete team breakdown."Hoping to avoid starting off

conference play 0-3, FCC tookon Taft College in their rubbergame of the home stand on March8.

The Rams snapped out of theiroffensive slump as they piled up15 runs on 17 hits against theCougars. Adam Matcham led theRams with four hits while Rob-ert Walden and Dominic Fostereach had three hits including ahome run for each of them as

FCC jumped out to a 7-0 lead inthe third inning.

Taft tried to make a comeback,but the Rams' bats proved to betoo powerful that day. The Ramscruised to a l5-5 victorv over the

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Brandon 7¿nimura and Andy Underwood congratulate each otherafier a I5-5 win over Taft College March 8.

FCC softball team loses two ln arowTeam is I-5 conference, 4-12 overall

By ßyan McHenry

Rampage Reporter

The Fresno City College tvomen's softballsuffered their second staight loss ofthe sea-

son Ma¡ch l0 vs. Reedley College 6-3 at FCC.

The Rams have been close in most games

but have yet to find the missing ingredient tohelp them win games.

The Rams are a dismal l-5 in conferenceplay and have a 4-12 record overall leavinghead coach Rlonda Williams scratching her

head.

"We have lost 5 or maybe 6 games thatwould should have won," said Williams. "Soft-ball is a game of inches and right now that has

been the difference between winning andlosing," Williams added.

The Rams haven't got the job done

on offense or defense. Though the fust 16

games the Rams have been outscored 55-

94, but have at times showed signs of play-ing well.

"It seems like when our offense is

playing well, ou¡ defense isn't and when ourdefense is playing well ouroffense is strug-gling," rù/illiams said.

The Rams are depending heavilyon Jennifer Spradling, last year's CentralValley Conference Pitcher of the Year.

Spradling, a retuming sophomore, has. Photo by Daisy Rosas

Marissa Salazar hits an RBI double during tlrcsecond inning of FCC's 7-I loss to Tafi March L

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and welcome these guys home,"Williams said.

"I fully expect [the Rams']winning streak to continuethrough next season. "Their sys-tem is unique, they just wear youdown."

"They have so many guys whocan shoot the three, who are yougoing to focus on? Usually youcan say, 'we gotta stop him andhim,' but you can't stop l4 guys,"the champion forward said. "Wewon the Modesto tournamEnt andthe state championship in 1955,we had won 28 and lost 2."

"Let's have some educationalexperience out of this. There'ssomething to be learned by los-

ing but you can learn a lot moreby winning," Doffoney said.

"Coaches from Portland StateandArizona Statè spoke to me atthe game. They said, 'you guysreally have something special [inthis team]'," he said. "A lot ofpeopltare looking at these guys.We are all so very proud of whatour team.has done."

Will classes be dismissedMonday, in celebration?

"Absolutely not. The first or-der of business is, was, and al-ways will be education," said theFCC president.

"A lot ofpeople are going tosee what [coach Vance Walberg]

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A warm welcomeFans waiting for state champs include FCCpresident Ned Doffoney, '55 clnmp Ray Willinms

ByWill TranquilliRampage reporter

An enthusiastic crowd eagerlyawaited the return of the statechampion Fresno City CollegeRams Sunday night in a neigh-borhood darkened by a poweroutage. Among them were FCCPresident Ned Doffoney and 69-year-old Ray Williams, whoplayed forward on the 1955 statechampion FCC Rams.

"[Our guys] played with heartand cheered each other on... AndFresno's crowd at the JennyCraig Center was the loudest ofall," Doffoney said.

"I iust had to come down here

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Softball: offense is soodwhen defense is down, defense

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stuggled so far this year to lead theteam in the fashion rhat gave herúe accolades she received last year.

In Spradling's defense, shepitched in 3 of the 4 games that theRams have won.

Depth is one thing that the teamis lacking this yeaq especially at thepitching positon. The Rams onlyhave2 pitchers on the team rosterwhich makes Spradling's play thatmuch more important to the team'ssuccess. The other pitcher on theteam's roster is Sarah Montoy.Montoy, a freshman from Kerman,seemed to place the blame mainlyon the offense.

"W'e are making good contact inour hitting, we just aren't findingthe gaps," said Montoy.

Don't count FCC out just yet.There are still plenty of games forthe Rams to turn the season aroundand according to Williams the team

rs lmprovrng."The defense is playing a lot

better now than when we started theseason," Williams said. What theRams are hoping they can accom-plish is to get some wins and ini-prove with each game so when theplayoffs come around the team isplaying their best softball.

According to sophomore out-fielder Toni Martinez the teamwants above all else to win. Unfor-tunately for the Rams they justhaven't been able to do it that oftenthus fa¡.

"We want to win so bad, that itcauses us to play scared," saidMartinez.

In any sport no matterwhat it is,in order to succeed you have to beable to believe in yourselfand yourteammates, and until you can dothat winning a game will be verydifücult to do.

The Rams play at home onMarch 17 against Porteryille at 2p.m. and then travel to Stockton toplay in the San Joaquin Delta tour-nament on Saturdav.

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final out in thetop of the sixthinning of FCC'sl5-5 victory.

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Cougars. '"Our mentality was to just get

a win and get back on track," saidScott. "Our guys were very ag-gressive because they sensedTaft's pitching wasn't as com-petitive. They were very confì-dent and went up there andswung their bats and that's how

they should approach everygame."

Following FCC's romping ofTaft, the Rams took to the roadfor two games where their offen-sive assault continued as they de-feated West Hills... and COS...with a brilliant pitching perfor-mance by sophomore right-hander Andy Underwood. Aftera shaky first inning where he al-

lowed three runs, Underwood al-lowed just one hit while record-ing I I strikeouts six of whichwere looking.

Underwood got some helpfrom his teammates as theycapped a two-out rally in the topof the third with a single over Se-quoias' pitcher Chris Schwindento bring home Ricky Bambino.

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Chad Rothford connected for a

solo home run to cut the Sequoiaslead to 3-2. Matt Lieb then gaveFCC the lead for good when hebelted a two-run homer over thethirfy-foot high fence in right field.

With the win, Underwood is 3-lon the year with a 2.62 ERA and40 strikeouts in 34.1 inningspitched. FCC's offense haspicked up as of late as freshman

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has done and try to pattern them-selves after him. [But they] gotto have l4 players who will buyinto the coache's game."

"It's hard to find guys whowill play that hard all rhe time.[That's why Walberg] is a greatsalesman. Even at Clovis Westhe had that charisma," Williamssaid. "My kids are SacramentoKings fans, [they're not celebrat-ing like thisl. FCC probably hasthe top college athletic programin the whole state of California."

Do the Kings need Walberg?"You know what would help

the Sacramento Kings the most?Blue Cross," Williams said.

After their late-night welcomeby an enthusiastic crowd of sup-porters, the state champion FCCRams men's basketball team en-dured a media feedin g frenzy andwas finally allowed to go homenear midnight March 13.

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Springfever is an excuse to Even instructors catch aloaf around artdbe la4t: case of spríng feven

So, judging by the amount of birdcrap on my car, I figure that spring hasarrived. Like clockwork every year,the bees begin buzzing, birds beginchirping, skirts get shorter, and myclass gets smaller as students disap-pear.

Andthe flowers, those dam flow-ers! The pollen is irritating my con-tacts and my nose has yet to stoprunning. Unlike many of my fel-low class mates who do not have allergies,but suffer from another illness called springfever, I actually care about my grades.

So many people are talking about springfever, about ditchi¡g class and having a dayoff at the park. Let me tell you something.It's not as great as it sounds.

I am trying to finish school, and to catchsomething as silly as spring fever would justslow me down. I don't want to be here forl0 years before I can transfer. I'm not will-ing to give up finishing school for sun bumsand hangovers.

Think about it. How long have youbeenhere? Where a¡e you going? How are youever going to become a productive adult if .you see the sun come out and youjust throwyourresponsibilities aside like you do yoruwinter coat? How old are you? 16?

Spring fever is a temporary tlringjust like any oürer fev€r and for rbæestudents who understand ürag andcanwait it out, we are the few who donot skip class and work so that wemight enjoy a day off.

I'm not a stick in the mud. Ibeliwe that if you want a dayoff you should get one, butbe responsible. Go to thebeach on your day off, studyoutside under a tree, or ifyou're like me study inside inthe air-conditioned room, andlook outside at the tree. Unlessof course you have a stock pileof Claritin, then go outside. Andwear sunscreen for goodness sake.

Besides, spring fever is just a

term that people use so that they don't

take their responsibilities in to theirown hands. It's pure laziness andeveryone knows it. Theyneedto jus-tiSr itby saying thatbecausethe dayis so nice they must go out and en-joy it. Self control people!

Remernber we still have finalscoming up and you can't blamespring fever on your failing gndes.

Spring fever. Please, I don'tbuyit. It's just an excuse to loaf around

andbe lazy. I can do thatwhen I retire. It's moreimportant forme to get goodgrades so I can fin-ish school and be done with it all. I just don'thave time forspring fever.

So remember, when you're outside drink-ing, partying, hanging outwith friends andhav-ing the time ofyour life, that I'm inside shrdy-lng.

Oh who am I kidding forget it! Someoneget me a damn Claritin!

The definition of spring fever onanswers.com reads, 'A feeling oflanguoror yeaming brought on by the comingofspring."

Tianslation: laziness, procrastina-

tion, and good old party time, due tothe approach of Spring Break, yes it'scoming foryou. -

OIÇ maybe the party thing was

not in the definitio4 I admit it since

languor means to have a dreamy state

or laziness.rW-rth Spring Break approaching, many stu-

dents like myself atFresno City College become

slothfirl where they wish not to do anything at all.After the heal(, it lingen for a while then the fe-ver grows morc rapidly with ttrc approach of sum-mer.

Iۧ face it, it is a disease that starts with asimple 'I don't feel like going to school' as a

thought Then taking tlrat thought and actingr.ponig or you go to class but you just sit there like a

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little stick and pretend to pay attørtionwhen rcally you wish to be at homedoingboring orfirn activities likeplay-ing on the computer, watching mov-ies, orjust hanging out with friends.

Mostpeople do believe in springfever, using it as excuse to escape

class ornot to do what needs to bedone. I loow some insûr¡ctors.who donÌbelieve in spring fever.

But I have seen some instn¡cûors

[noton this camprs] thatcaughta case ofspring fever.

These are my five ways to detect if someone

has spring fever, remember this is just my opin-ion.

l) hcrease of laziness, or lack of enthusiasm

orhappinæs where everything is boring2) Lack of attention towæds work or school,

3)Wanting ûo sleep inwhen there is a lotto doeven ifyou did nothing the day before,

4) Sit aror:nd and watch ¡en¡ns of old showsthat bave ended more than 2Oyears ago

And úe most dangerous of all, number 5.

Spring Break iself Seven days ofpartying whenyou have assignrnenß òre.

From my lisq you can see I have incorperated üe definition of Spring Break with the la-

ziness. We all one time or anothe4 have caughtüe h€ of çring fever, and I a&nit I have it as Ian writing üis coh¡rrul All ürügh I do feel in-creùtly løJ,MÊ is a way O beat ûre bug andlbat is geuing offyour behind and actrralty doesæmeüring wen siüingtherewiürastackofbooks,and snrdþg ürere is alwaln time to play it justwe need'to defeat the bug. Beating the bug is,

muchbetter then being slotlrfirl orbe languoron yourcouch for horrs at a time, or hangingwith your friends to the point of which you

leave five minutes ø finishyourhomework.Spring feverbaby, bring iton. I believe in it,

so ifyou can just remember Spring Break is com-ing do not get caught with bug. Beat it to a pulpand stay on top of things. The fever may have usnow, the way to beat it is to keep working remem-berwhen everything is done we can lingerarormdthe howe,/apartnenß all we want when we hitthe, oh so taken for granted ttring called a week-end Now I am going to sit down with my fruitsmoothie and watch some ca¡toons.

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Cristina RiosDance

"No, I believe only inJungle Fever."

SamuelMolinaCriminalJustice"I do, it's all aboutthrowing the work

away andhnvingfun."

Sheng Vang. Liberal Studies

".Yes, afier spring breakeveryone has midterms

so they want to hnve

funbeþre."

Janell LordArchitecture

"Uh, yeah! Therebmore spots inthe

parking lot."

Dave ApkarianEnglish

"Yes, springfever is

very much a real thingas the break

approaclrcs."

Shylan WhitfordBusiness

"Yeah because lovein the ain"

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Journnlismmnjorfeels college levelmnthis of no importtIty'ho needs math? I don't need math, nope not

me. I figure that with just the basics down I can

figure my way around most things, with calcula-tor in hand of course. I'm not going to be an engi-neer or a doctor. So why do I need to take statis-tics? Why do I math classes anyway?I figure that then I'm fine.

I reme in hieh schooland I asked what would I ever

"What happens ifalong the algebra teacher, you'llneed it a more realistic answer, he

puts a gun to your head andsaid,

asks youalgebra.?

of nine is? Then you'd need

Why must I bombard my brain with numbers and formu-las? Why must I buy a TI-83 to use in class? It's about a

hundred dollars! It's the most expensive Tetris game I've everowned. Is it because the school can make more money byhaving me take this course over and over again? I'm the

What is it witt¡ all the shows about celebrities ev-

eryday-life? Why do people like it so much? I do. AndI don't actually think, "I wanna be them."

Well, maybe a little, but I am pretty fine with myown life. Does it make me feel better when I see howmuch money celebs spend on theirhair?

My lasthaircutwas $13 and the three ones be-

fore, doneby nr with the rtrnostunprofessional

scissors I fomd in the kitchen. And, if I may

boldly say so, my hair looks pretty good

So, do I feel superiorbecause I have agoodhaircut and the ego to match, without having to spend $800 (J. Lo)on ifl Do they actually need to pay two month rents of a stu-

dent because they think the haircut won'f look as good if some.one

who only pays $20 does it? Does it really make a difference if aceleb-haintylist who became a celeb himselfjust by styling ttreir

hai¡, uses diamond covercd scisson with thé same blade?

But then, I don't believe in cutting my hair according to tremoon cycle either.

The best thing I saw today, on mytake-a-sunday-ofltewatch-rich-people's-everydayJives on VH I and E! ("Pimp My Ride" on

MTV dwing commercials) was on "GASTINEAU Girls," E! Ablond womaq about 40, never worked but because she was ma¡-

ried to the football player Gastineau once, what do you know, got

herownTVshow!She lives in New York with her darght.f 22.They party, talk

about men, go shopping, date, the usual things. V/ell, I wasn't quite

surprised when Liza Gastineaq ttre mom took her chihuahua to a

store to buy him clothes and shoes. Vy'hat I thought was amazing

was whom she took with her a close friend of hen. imaee and

worst person in the world when it comes to math.You'd think that since I am Asian, math would

just be ingrained in me from birth. Well let me

tell a little secret, I stink at math. It's odd when Itell people that I can't do math to save my life,and they look at me and say, "Aren't you Asian?Aren't you people supposed to be great at math?"Not all of us buddy, the rest of us are born withninja skills.

up haunting the math and science building searching for a

teacher who will give me a passing grade of a C.

I canunderstandwhen the instructoris showingthe class howtodo a problem, but then I have to do it after class and then on a test.

Don't get me wrong I know that there are some great math teachers

who can explain But

the type of mJtrst going to have to

I have never been able togrin and bear it.

math. As thatrequiresmeam I going to do

lo ever use rt.

thinker. I understand addition and subtraction, I know enough

has taken the same statistics class 50 times. I just might end

ff if I ever become a

theyreport onthen¡and they rely on givedo have to take t:f

:-ÏþÆti'"t* even leam

something

SoI towa¡d math

abilities, the chances ofme passing, wouldbe less than one percent.

Wait! Oh my goodness I'm rsing statistics rigþt now!Well I guess that means I am going to pass now. I have to pass.

Please let me pass. Who am I kidding? I won't pass.

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styling strategist for her dog. Strategíst! Is this war?

But actually, thinking about it, I have myprivate image

and styling stategist too. Me. I am multi-talented! Besides

occasionally working as a coiffeur, I am mypersonal 2417

make-up artist. And, naturally, I am my own image and

styling sbategist

Seriòusly, it's not tbat ridiculous, there are

definitely strategies involved in styling(gr4n, ifyou onlylcrew!). Ijustneverheard the expression for it before.

I just discovered' zl0 Weddingsand a Funeral" today. Tori Spelling popularthrough "Beverly Hills 902 10" and according to

sharp tongues, this onlybecause daddywæ the

producer.

Ergo says a few words before and aÊ

tercommercials. The showis still onriglrtnow, it's Sunday late aftemoon, but we

didnl get to the f,ureralyet. But the wed-

dings, yeal¡ great.

Celebrity weddings, who married

who, when and for how muchmoney? The only thing that stayed :::t:

in mymindwas Madonna and Sean "'t:.iiiti:

Penn in I 985. Wedded on a cliffwitha message for fr'rc paparazn in theirhelicopters, written in the sandbelow, "F- OFF."

While I'm talking about "90210," have you ever seen "Doc

90210?" Sweet looking doctor with an even sweeter looking wife.Picture-perfect what can't you get with one or the other surgery.

far back as I can remember I vou that I Wait. that's

stink at math. I suppose not a logical

aged to have open and productive ex-'changes of ideas witl¡ sane, concemed

family riremben of service men being

held over in the Middle-East on over-

extended duty.

This brings up the old question,

"Vy'ould there be wæ¡ if the old men

who declared them had to fight thern?"

The shortage ofpenonnel to fightthese wars þlus Inn, Syria Jordan,

North Korea and Pakistan, to maimquite a few), is causing the Pentagon to

call up 60-year-old reservists (more at

home with Pacemakers than Peace-

makers) -butrest assurd the old men

in the Congress or the White House

won't be among them. Rest assued?

Hell, you canbet the farm on it.

His wife already had one child in the first season and was pregnant

with the second one.

Now we're in the second season.

She says, daddy has to help me with his kids and doctor daddy

says, it would be unfair if he wasn't completely awake and recov-

ered while sçeezing silicone under his female patients skin. So, ofcourse, mornmy has to get up every night when the kids cry.

Well, welt let's see how long this is going to work out.

Commercials on "Pimp My Ride," so I switch backto E! Oh, just in time for Britrey Spean. By the

way, didyou see the çisode where Exhibit a¡rd

West Coast Customs pimped a Ford escort witha BMW grill and wannabe Mercedes back-

lights? They lhrew it out there.

Hey, Tori Spelling changed her d¡ess!

"The next wedding is really special. Notbecause it's mine, hah4 well... yeah. Itwasat my dad's place whictr, as many lorow,

is very small - just kidding!"Tori achrally gets to narrate this wed-

ding, how nice. That brings her up tospeaking actually l0 minutes out of a

two-hour show.

So, the funeral is coming up after the

break, along with Charles and Dia¡la's

wedding. I wonder why they have a fu-neral in tlleirwedding show?

Relief after the break: Thank God, it was only, very tragicthough, unquestionably, the frrneral ofBennifer's wedding. NowI can sleep at night.

It is obvious that the spiraling price

of oil is encouraging Cheney-Bush to

stick with the wa¡. As it spreads to other

sovereigncounties, and despite Bush'spre-election promises to the confary(isn't he a monument of honesty?) the

dr¿ft seems inevitable. It's eilher dr¿ft

or let China do without a bigger slice

of the oil p¡e and take Hallibruton offcorporate welfare and eam an honest

buck.Morepower oVr¡giniaand Stephen

Pearce, those wonderful attorneys.

They qre loo-king out forAmeriça's best

interesls. This pr,oves that not all law-yers are wil snakes (alttrough those whoare make it bad for the three percent

who are decent).

Last monthVirginia and

Stephen Percy,Bay Area lawyenerectedadisplay intheir Sacramento

home to tigger a

ftee exchangeofideas onthelaqiwars.It was an effiry of a soldier in cam-

ouflage with aballedup flag for a head

with anoose a¡ound is neckwith a sigrr

saying, 'Your tax dòlhrs at work."In days, this display -on private

properly - was stolen, likely by some

psycho pseudo-patiot whose love ofcounfy was too feeble include to the

Bill ofRights - ûeedom of speecl¡ etc.

Said rabid dupe is no doubt mes-

Immüullïn ffiw&ffi

Who will go andrn¡ho will stay?merizedby the GOP's and the

mainline media-machine'ssanitized porbayal ofthe war,

oblivious to the huma¡r dev-

astation wrought on Imq and

Afghanistan or the flag-draped cotrns rehrming to

gneving families here -images not feltsuitable forTVnews ormainline newspapen.

Embedded reporten, were too busyphotographing a GI giving a stawing

child a stick ofgum to cover the anni-

hilation of a community of wonhipenin a miss-guidedbomb raid. They have

filrn enough for those lucþ few al-

lowed to return to the US with minorinjwies and disabilities but not enough

to document intemational kidnappings

and torture for which Washington is re-

sponsible.

My God, didn't we pay a highenough price with Vreûram to leam that

when a war is wrong, admit it and GETOUT?

The Pearcæ, undarmted in ttreirpur-

suit of peace, e¡ected another efigy.This was also garbed in war:mode butthis time it displayed a more incisive

message: "Bush lied, I dièd."

Bottr mainline mediaandthe luna-

tic-fringe war dupes ('As long as it's a

war that I don't have to go to, I'm allfor it.") had a feeding frenry in tliePearce's front yard- Despite the com-

motion, these dedicated lawyers man-

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The audience also finds out thatsomdof the visitors are connected,and some things are not as theymay seem.

So who did it? Was it the but-ler? Was it the maid? Maybe itwas the mysterious stranger thatshowed up during the storm.You'll be drawn into the story as

you try to hgure out who the cul-prit is before ttre ending of the play.

The actors and actresseswowed the audience while sing-ing and dancing splendidly.Sabrina Cavalletto was excellentas Miss Tweed, the sherry drink-ing know it all. Amber Pittmanwas also good as Hope Langdonwho is the flighty blonde of thegroup.

The song and dance sceneswere well planed and the castwasexcell.ent in drawing the audienceinto the story.

"Something's Afoot" wasseamless and I couldn't even tellthat the dance numbers had in-cluded Col. Gillweather, playedby Brian J. Lane.

Early in the day before produc-tion, Lane injured his leg, but as

they say in theatre the show mustgo on. They brought in a wheelchair and Lane played his charac-ter without a hirch.

Photo by Sergio Crrtes

Jennifer Oraze (Ieft) and Sabrina Cavalleto (right) reheci.rse theirparts beþre opening night of 'Something's Afoot'on March II.Playing the characters of Lady Manly Prowe and Ms. Tweedrespectivley, Oraze and Cavalleto add to the number greatperfomances put on by FCC students.

Triple-headed Koala of Opening night of "Something'sAfoot" in the Fresno City Collegetheatre was a success. The musicalmurder mystery was exciting and

funny to say the very least.

The play takes place in England,in Lord Rancor's cou¡t, where sixpeople have been invited to join.Lord Rancor for the weekend.

The play opens with a caretakerdrinking on the job, who is met bya maid and the butler as they openLord Rancor's home, which is lo-cated on an island in the middle ofthe lake.

The day of arrival is filled withrush and excitement, as the groupmeets one another forthe first time.

Soon the guests start to arrive,thinking that they are the only onesinvited to spend the weekend withLord Rancor.

Their excitement soon turns to'fear when their host turns up dead.The guests try to flee Lord Rancor'scourt, but can't leave because ofaterrible storm outside. Everyone isa suspect and fingers are pointed at

"Opening night, audiences are

always supportive," said CarolynRobertson who directed the play."They always want the students tosucceed." Those who were in-volved in the production of"Something's Afoot" did succeedin making the audience enjoy them-selves.

"This is the fint play I've seen

here," said Carl Ramos. "I really

enjoyed it. It was funny." This re-sponse rvas echoed many times byaudience members during intermis-sion, as well as after the show.

"Something's Afoot" is defi-nitely worth watching. The plot isboth mysterious and funny. Ifyou're tired of going to the movieseveryweekend, then change thingsup and come watch the play. It'sworth the cost of admission.

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stateforrtr$ fime since '63Gontinued from Page twoond half, and 78 percent from the field. Theironly weakness was free throw shooting. FCCshot its three-pointers almost as good as itsfree throws.

"Geoffrey Clayton stepped up, Bubba(Tolliver) stepped up, and Anthony Esparzastepped up along with Jordan (Farley) andfour other players that stepped up, and theymade up for all the mistakes that I made,"saidM'Jumbe Williams, who made onlytwothrees and one free throw during the game."You know, we just stay as one, as a unit."

Esparza hit 4 out of 5 three-point attempts,but also took it to the rim all afternoon, alongwith Tolliver.

"Esparza really dominated the secondhalf, and Clayton and Tolliver," Brummelsaid. "It was really Esparza's drives out ofthat right corner that isolated him, and (they)pulled away from us."

It was not a lopsided game as far as turn-overs, an oddity for FCC. Saddleback com-mitted only l7 turnovers to FCC's 22.

"(I was) disappointed that we turned theball over 14 times (in the first half)," LeBeausaid. "This typé of game, every possession'sjust a little bit more valuable, and you wantto be able to value the ball, and when youcough the ball up 14 times, you're not valu-ing the ball, so that's preffy much why it wastied (at half)."

Saddleback committed four fouls in thelast two minutes in an attempt to slow thegame down, but Esparza made 3 of 6 freethrows, and Williams made I of 2.

Saddleback's last score was by CarltonAmwine with l:47 left to play.

"If I mess up, somebody else picks meup," Williams said. "Ifthey mess up, I try topick them up. And that is where it is."

San Bernardino 85, San Joaquin Delta84 (OT)

San Bernardino's Aaron Nixon hit a three-pointer offa screen with 7 seconds left to sendit to overtime. San Joaquin Delta led 84-83,but Delta's Sam Kirby committed å personalfoul with 0.8 seconds remaining in overtime.Southern California Player of the Year KevinHenderson hit both free throws.

ChampionshipFCC 83, San Bernardino 68Fresno City took hold of this one early and

did not let go. The lead changed hands fivetimes before either team hit double digits, butonce FCC gained a 9-8 lead almost 7 min-utes into the game, the Wolverines were fin-ished.

The Rams won their third state champi-onship, FCC's fint since 1963.' "We stayed together as a team all year,"

said M'Jumbe Williams, in tears after thegame. "It don't get no better than this, man.It really doesn't. This is a moment I willnevet ever, evetforget in my lifetime. It getsno better than this."

rüilliams led the Rams with 18 points andfour rebounds.

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The wolverines started the second half "when you get to LA, the athletes are big-with a l4-5 run, closing the FCC lead to four ger, stronger, faster, so you have to be pre-points with 15 minutes remaining. LeBeau pared for that."attributed this run to the slowing of FCC's The Rams stayed on the court as much forpace on offense. When the Rams picked up their own celebration as for the presentationthe pace, their lead grew. of the All State team awards.

During the last five minutes, FCC sat on "It feels greaq" Kalombo said. "It wouldtheclockandplayeddefense. Timewound feelworseifitwas33-l,becausewecamealldown to zero after San Bernardino's Tommey this way. we don't know how to lose, man."

Posey scored two with 28 seconds left.FCC's bench cleared, and Williams tore

offhis jersey and jumped onto the press tableto celebrate with the estimated 400 fans.

"I'm much happier with the way I playedtoday than I did yesterday," Williams said."By far."

LeBeau said tough practices helped pre-pare the team for the postseason.

"We go against each otherpressuring, andwe don't call fouls in practice," LeBeau said."Ifyou can handle pressure on a daily basis,then you can play against anything.

"We played such a tough preseason sched-ule. Vy'e played San Bemardino. We playedLA Southwest. Vy'e played the Mt. SACs ofthe world. So we were prepared to play any-body."

Only two other teams have achieved un-defeated seasons in the history ofCaliforniajunior college basketball. Compton went 33-0 in 1970, and Riverside went 35-0 in 1964under the tutelage of Jerry Tarkanian, whoattended the FCC-San Bernardino game.

"I love (Walberg's) philosophy," Tarkaniansaid. "They do it as well as anybody in thecountry. He does a great, greatjob."

FCC and San Bernardino met Nov. 13 atthe San Jose Tournament. San Bemardinoled by six with 50 seconds remaining, butFCC came back through a series of turnoversand fouls to win it.

"We've seen every style," LeBeau said."We've seen zone. We've seen man. We'veseen pressure man. We've seen sagging man.We've seen it all.

nrn, then kept it even for the rest ofthe half.FCC led at halftime 40-27.

'Coach sai4 'Just tryharr('" Rams sophemore guard Geoftey Cla¡on said. *The

game plan was just same as all year, just goall out, just hustle. We thought it would be acloser game, but shoot.

"It was almost too easy, but it was worthit. All the practices and everything, it wasworth it, 34-0."

The Vy'olverines shot 35 percent from thefield in the first half, a night after shooting37 percent in their semifinal victory againstSan Joaquin Delta College.

"Nobody expected us to be here," said SanBernardino guard Aaron Nixon, who led theWolverines with 36 points. "We came as theNo. I seed, and people were talking aboutwe were an underdog still. How does that

'happen?"

Nixon made his first I I shots of the sec-ond half, and single-handedly kept the Wol-verines in the game. He was one of threeplayers in the game who made the 2005 Cali-fornia Community Colleges All-State team.

. The other two were FCC's Anthony Esparza,the only Ram to make thte team, and SanBernardino's Kevin Henderson, the South-ern California Player of the Year. Hendersonscored five points and committed l3 of San

Bernardino's 22 turnovers."Ifyou watch enough of(Henderson), he

goes to the left 98 percent of the time,"Walberg said. "So we really shaded his left,and when he would spin, wé would sticksomebody in back of him."

FCC forwad lordan Farley lays tlrc ball in during FCC's S3tl, chanpi" hip rir:;:;';å:rt"#""Benwd.irc. The Rans arc the third tean in Califomiø jmior college history to go wdefeated

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The Fresno City College men'sbasketball poses for a team picture after Sunday's state championship victory, completing a perfect season of 34-0.